Epilepsy diagnostics

The Young Epilepsy Diagnostic Suite is home to Diagnostic EEG , routine and video-telemetry EEG. We offer outpatient EEG diagnostics for children and young people up to the age of 25. 

Unlike other clinical settings, one of the key advantages of our diagnostic suite is its location and special aesthetic design providing a calm, friendly and person-centred environment helping young people and their families to settle with ease.

Our unique setting, and friendly team of staff, helps reduce anxieties sometimes associated with more traditional medical centres and thereby increases the likelihood of good data collection.

This page covers the specific services we offer, who we offer services to, and the referral and diagnostic process.

Ready to make a referral?  Download our EEG referral form  and once it’s complete, please email it to: youngepilepsy.diagnostics@nhs.net

What we offer

We offer EEG and video telemetry diagnostics services to the NHS and other organisations, and accept private referrals.

The diagnostic EEG and video telemetry techniques offer routine to long term EEG monitoring, including in-patient and out-patient video telemetry options. Following appointments, reports are sent directly to the referring consultants within 3 working days.

Specifically, we provide:

  • Routine awake EEG
  • Routine sleep EEG
  • Ambulatory EEG: usually one night
  • In-patient video telemetry: one to four nights
  • Home video telemetry: one to three night

Ready to make a referral?  Download our EEG referral form  and once it’s complete, please email it to: youngepilepsy.diagnostics@nhs.net

What is the referral and diagnosis process? 

1. We accept referrals from the child or young person’s GP, childcare specialist or consultant.  You can download a EEG referral form at here

2. Our diagnostic team will discuss the referral with the referring health care professional and quickly determine level of clinical urgency.

3. Our diagnostic team then contacts the family directly to arrange an appointment.

4. We send out an appointment letter, consent form and detailed information about the test procedure.

5. We then conduct out-patient diagnostic test(s), depending on the type of EEG or video telemetry requested.

6. Within one to three working days, we compile the test results into a detailed report and send it directly to the referring health care professional.

Ready to make a referral?  Download EEG referral form  and once it’s complete, please email it to: youngepilepsy.diagnostics@nhs.net

An EEG (electroencephalogram) is the painless process of recording brain activity.

During an EEG investigation, small sensors are attached to the scalp to pick up the electrical signals produced when brain cells send messages to each other.  The electric signals are recorded by a machine and are analysed by our trained specialists.

An EEG can be used to help diagnose and monitor a number of conditions affecting the brain. The main use of an EEG is to detect and investigate seizures. An EEG will help to identify what type of epilepsy the child or young person may have, what may be triggering their seizures and how best to treat them.

Young boy smiles at camera wearing an orange OPM-MEG helmet

Coming soon

Through innovation and cutting-edge technology, we are revolutionising the diagnostic experience for children with epilepsy with a wearable brain scanning system designed specifically for children, called OPM-MEG.

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